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Sand art by Mami - young woman

Marvelous pieces of African art made of sand by a local artist from Casamance called Mami. All of them have been made with a fine sand layer from the Senegal beaches and the dunes. The sand is colored with natural dye, always maintaining the warm tones. The base is made of wood.

African art in batik - Female worker

The batik is a technique performed by hand that is used to paint fabrics and consists of applying layers of wax on the areas that do not want to be dyed (reserved areas), in this way the colour is fixed in those unreserved areas. This process can be repeated as many times as desired, allowing colours to be superimposed, thereby achieving a rich variety of nuances. The property that has the wax of cracking once hardened, allows broken lines to be drawn or cracked. This "cracking" constitutes the differentiating seal of this dyeing technique of other similar ones.

Sand art by Mami - working mother

Marvelous pieces of African art made of sand by a local artist from Casamance called Mami. All of them have been made with a fine sand layer from the Senegal beaches and the dunes. The sand is colored with natural dye, always maintaining the warm tones. The base is made of wood.

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